Cajun Sports

The Toronto Blue Jays are in Texas Houston to be exact taking on the host Astros. The Jays lost Game One on Friday by a score of 10 to 4 and look to rebound on Saturday night. While the resurgent Astros appear to be finding their way and have played with some momentum of late winners of eight in their last eleven when installed as chalk. The Blue Jays will send left-hander Steven Matz to the bump with his 4-2 SU record and his ERA of 4.78. The Astros will counter with Cristian Javier and his 3-0 SU record and an ERA of just 1.75 on the season. Javier has a WHIP of only 0.896 on the year. Our TPR Index projects a run advantage of 1.52 runs. The SPMatrix has Cristian Javier with an average of 8.06 compared to Steven Matz who has an average of 7.45. Our next set of metrics look at the overall Pitchers Power Rating of 120 for Javier and 108 for Matz with 100 as the league average. The overall Offensive Power numbers have the Astros with the advantage in this category with a 113 to 102 edge over the Birds. Play AGAINST MLB +100 to +150 underdogs revenging a road blowout loss of six or more runs, winning between fifty-one to fifty-four percent of their games on the season, 32-80 SU (28.6%) (+3899 against). Play ON MLB home favorites of more than -130 when they are coming off a home game in which they struck out fewer than fifteen times, 1957-1055 SU (65%) (+9720). Play ON MLB home favorite during the regular season coming off a win in which they allowed six or fewer hits and it did not end a three or more games losing streak, 3241-2081 SU (60.9%) (+7903). Lay the chalk with the home team on Saturday night as the Astros secure the series victory with a win in Game Two.

The Atlanta Hawks are on the road in Indiana Thursday night for their game against the host Pacers. Both teams have been busy with the Pacers playing three in five while the Hawks have played four in six. The Pacers have been struggling of late on the defensive end of the floor and fatigue can certainly influence their play. Our Momentum Matrix has the Pacers trending in negative territory with a projected momentum average of -3.33 while the Hawks have a projected average of +7.85. The TPR Index projects a point advantage of 12.71 points. The MM projects a point differential of +7.07 with a line range of -5.0 to -7.5. The Pace-Tempo Matrix has an offensive-defensive differential of 8.01 with a transitional average of 42.9 and a projected conversion rate range of 46.3 to 48.6 percent. The SIM Matrix has the Atlanta Hawks with a 73.90 percent advantage against the spread in this contest. Play AGAINST NBA home underdogs of more than four points following a game in which at least two-hundred points were scored, 481-691-27 ATS (41%). Play AGAINST any NBA team in their current game when their next game is against a team, they lost to by more than ten points earlier in the season, 264-353 ATS (42.8%). The Pacers are 4-21 ATS at home since early January and 0-12 ATS as a home underdog. Lay the chalk with the boys from the ATL on Thursday night

The Toronto Blue Jays are by the bay taking on the Athletics in a four-game set with Game Three going tonight. The A’s took both of the first two games in this series and we know dating to the 2018 season that has been a sign of things to come. The A’s will send Chris Bassitt to the bump with his 2-2 SU record and his ERA of 3.93. The Jays will send Robbie Ray to the hill with his 1-1 SU record and his ERA of 2.78 on the year. Play ON MLB home favorite during the regular season coming off a win in which they allowed six or fewer hits and it did not end a three or more game losing streak, 3238-2078 SU (60.9%) (+7978). Lay the short number with the A’s on Wednesday night.

The boys from the ATL are in DC for a three-game set against the Nationals. The Braves come in riding a four-game losing skid while the Nationals are riding a four-game streak of their own but theirs is on the other side of the ledger. The Braves will send Huascar Ynoa to the bump with his 2-1 SU record and his ERA of 3.08. The Nationals will send Joe Ross with his 2-1 SU record and his ERA of 4.64. Our TPR Index projects a run advantage of 1.59 runs. The SPMatrix has Huascar Ynoa with an average of 7.96 compared to Joe Ross who has an average of 7.12. Our next set of metrics look at the overall Pitchers Power Ratings. Coming into this game and situation Ynoa has a rating of 123 while Peterson rating is only 87 with a league average of 100. Play ON Away Favorites versus a team that has won at least their last two games but scored less than 10 runs last game, 398-267 SU (59.8%) (+3486). Play ON MLB road favorites when their bullpen has allowed at least one run in two straight games, 1147-804 SU (58.8%) (+5285). Lay the chalk as the boys from the ATL get back in the winners column with a Game One victory on Tuesday night.